The Heartwood Omak

Tartok, the man repeated.

They are not familiar to this one.

She went on to describe them as being strong-willed and fierce. It was curious to see her expression shift as she spoke of them. Many wolves of the northern territories were proud and hardy. He had hunted with many villages in the snowy region and had eaten with a few men who wielded their strength as a weapon.

Kannoyak wished to ask more about her life, about her marriage to the man from the fierce-wolf village. She pressed with questions about the village in the snow that he had visited and so he could not deny her an answer.

They were kind. That is important to this one… They are strong in their spirit and they hunt with wild laughter. Good wolves, he offered her, wishing he could introduce the moongirl to the wolves of sighima.